Tech Lead

Your Challenge

The Tech Lead is an experienced craftsperson. The TL makes code-level architectural decisions andsteers best-in-class implementation. The TL continuously pushes for clean code, high testability, andmaintainability of the codebase. The TL values simplicity and is unafraid to challenge technical constraintsand procedures to achieve an Agile design. The TL works closely with all team members to create amodular, scalable solution that addresses/incorporates future architectural changes and designs. The TLwill drive the team's engineering practices in test-driven development, continuous integration, andautomated deployment and work with the Product Owner to align the roadmap with strengths andopportunities within the architecture, act as a thought partner in story creation and acceptance criteria,and communicate tradeoffs effectively with Designers. The TL is a hands-on team member who activelycoaches the team to solve complex problems.

Responsibilities:

• Design the overall technical architecture of the product with the help of the team and guideteams on technology strategy related to coding practices, continuous integration, andautomated deployment

• Mentor and coaches the technical team, specifically with code reviews to help the team todevelop his solution and solve all surfacing problems at hand Identifies and removestechnical impediments

• Look for better ways of solving technical problems and designing the solution, not afraid ofchallenging the status quo and the team a roadmap for implementing software engineeringpractices for higher code quality

Requirements:

• You are hands-on, focused on delivering performant code and steering best-in-classimplementation

• You have a track in leading the development of large-scale applications in [link removed] [link removed], ES6+, JS Framework (NestJS/ExpressJS) - Knowledge in at least onestatically typed language e.g. Java, Scala is a big plus

• You have experience in one or multiple unit and end-to-end testing frameworks as well asdesigning and building distributed and modular architectures (microservices, API-first)

• You are familiar with cloud environments and DevOps practice

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